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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Applieain filed February 28, 1905. Serie No. 247,783.

To all whomJ it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES R. ENGLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lReed Organs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to organs, and more particularly to improvements in roedorgans; and the object is to improve the reed-organs so that the reedorgans will give the same eect as the ordineryreed-organs and will also accomplish approximately the same results as pipe-organs.

The improvements will give greater vol.- ume to the tones and make it possible to ob tain results never before accomplished on the reed-or ans. Resonance-cells are superposed a ove the usual reed and resonance cells both at the -liront and rear-that is, above the front reed-cells and above the rear reed-celis-and the front and rear superposed resonance-cells are connected by oval tubes, and graduated horns are connected with the rear su erposed resonance-cells.

The object o1P cells and the horns is to purify or periee'tthe tone o' the organ. These improvements tend to clarify the tones of the mechanical e'eets of the reeds so that clearer or more erect tones and more volume are olnzaind.VVVV

n other words, the improvements increase both the sonority and Volume of the tones.

The invention involves the superposing of resonance-cells above the ordinary resonanced cells and reed-cells of the parlor or 'reed organ both at the iront and the, rear and connectinw the front and rear resonance-cells by suitable tubes, providin suitable Valves for these' cells and providing and connecting graduated horns or trumpets to the rear resonencecells. The horns are to be of different sizes to correspond with the different reeds, and the horns are to be made of suit able sonorous metal.

Other objects and edvanta es will be fully explained in the following escription, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompan ing drawings, which form a part of this app ication and specification.

Figure l. is e. vertical section of a reed-orzgan, the upper part of the casing being )roken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on a larger scale than Fig. l, o'i the reed and resonance'cells and the adjacent parts. Fig. 3

the superposed resonance-Y is a broken pian View of the part of the organ which contains the reed and resonance cells. Fig. 4. is a broken elevation of the Same part. Fig. 5 is a simiiar View to Fig. 2, showing a modification in the resonance-Celis and the valves therefor. Fig. 6 is a similar View to Fig. 3, iiiustreting the modification in the tubes connecting the 'rear and front resonance-cells. Eig. T is a broken elevation of the same, the View being similar 'to Fig. '4. Fig. 8 is anV elevation of the stop-action for operating tire valves of the resonance-cells, such osare shown in Fig. 2. elevation o? the stop-action and a cross-section of a portion of a resonance-cell and its Veive, the Views in the last two Iigures showing mechanism for operating hinged valves. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the stonaetion For operating sliding valves for the vibrationcells. E1 11 is a side elevation of the saine and a breien cross-section of resonanceeell end its valve.

Similar characters of reference are used to iniglicste the same parts throughout the several views.

No change is made in ne operation of the reeds, which are operated by a current of air furnished either by a suctionnbeilows or by a blowing-bellows.

suction-bellows is iliustreted in the drawin s.

n the drawings there is shown an air-chest 5, in which are located valves 30, which ere the tracker-pins 9. Springs 31V normally Yhold theY Valves cosed.

1 indicates the front reed-cells, ranging from bass to treble, comprising five octave-s, from F to F.

2 indicates the usual rear set of Hiertoe-Hs, which are une octave higher in tone than cells 1. VThere ma)Y be any number of reeds with their respective cells oi ther above or below the diapason pitch.

3 Yand e indicate the usual resonance-cells above the reed-cells, and these cells are provided with valves 11. end Nh, which are operated n stop-action hereinafter described. bove tlii, resonancwcelis 3 and 4 are the superposed resonance-cells 6 and "i", iront and rear, respectively. The cells and 7 have communication by tubes 2], which must be cuwed, as shown in Fig. 3, when he vibration-oeils 6 and 7 and the rosenance-cells 3 and 4 are respectively directly above the reedeells l and 2.

in operation pressed downward or opened by Fig. 9 is a side IOO 

